Gradle DSL Version 9.4.1 (original) (raw)
Listed below are the various task types which are available for use in your build script:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| AntlrTask | Generates parsers from Antlr grammars. |
| BuildEnvironmentReportTask | Provides information about the build environment for the project that the task is associated with. |
| Checkstyle | Runs Checkstyle against some source files. |
| CodeNarc | Runs CodeNarc against some source files. |
| Copy | Copies files into a destination directory. This task can also rename and filter files as it copies. The task implements CopySpec for specifying what to copy. |
| CreateStartScripts | Creates start scripts for launching JVM applications. |
| Delete | Deletes files or directories. Example: |
| Ear | Assembles an EAR archive. |
| Exec | Executes a command line process. Example: |
| GenerateIvyDescriptor | Generates an Ivy XML Module Descriptor file. |
| GenerateMavenPom | Generates a Maven module descriptor (POM) file. |
| GenerateBuildDashboard | Generates build dashboard report. |
| GradleBuild | Executes a Gradle build. |
| GroovyCompile | Compiles Groovy source files, and optionally, Java source files. |
| Groovydoc | Generates HTML API documentation for Groovy source, and optionally, Java source. |
| HtmlDependencyReportTask | Generates an HTML dependency report. This report combines the features of the ASCII dependency report and those of the ASCII dependency insight report. For a given project, it generates a tree of the dependencies of every configuration, and each dependency can be clicked to show the insight of this dependency. |
| JacocoReport | Task to generate HTML, Xml and CSV reports of Jacoco coverage data. |
| JacocoCoverageVerification | Task for verifying code coverage metrics. Fails the task if violations are detected based on specified rules. |
| Jar | Assembles a JAR archive. |
| JavaCompile | Compiles Java source files. |
| Javadoc | Generates HTML API documentation for Java classes. |
| JavaExec | Executes a Java application in a child process. |
| Pmd | Runs a set of static code analysis rules on Java source code files and generates a report of problems found. |
| ProcessResources | Copies resources from their source to their target directory, potentially processing them. Makes sure no stale resources remain in the target directory. |
| PublishToIvyRepository | Publishes an IvyPublication to an IvyArtifactRepository. |
| PublishToMavenRepository | Publishes a MavenPublication to a MavenArtifactRepository. |
| ScalaCompile | Compiles Scala source files, and optionally, Java source files. |
| ScalaDoc | Generates HTML API documentation for Scala source files. |
| UpdateDaemonJvm | Generates or updates the Gradle Daemon JVM criteria. This controls the version of the JVM required to run the Gradle Daemon. |
| InitBuild | Generates a Gradle project structure. |
| Sign | A task for creating digital signature files for one or more; tasks, files, publishable artifacts or configurations. |
| Sync | Synchronizes the contents of a destination directory with some source directories and files. |
| Tar | Assembles a TAR archive. |
| AbstractTestTask | Abstract class for all test tasks. |
| Test | Executes JUnit (3.8.x, 4.x or 5.x) or TestNG tests. Test are always run in (one or more) separate JVMs. |
| TestReport | Generates an HTML test report from the results of one or more Test tasks. |
| War | Assembles a WAR archive. |
| Wrapper | Generates scripts (for *nix and windows) which allow you to build your project with Gradle, without having to install Gradle. |
| WriteProperties | Writes a Properties in a way that the results can be expected to be reproducible. |
| Zip | Assembles a ZIP archive. The default is to compress the contents of the zip. |